Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1943 — Page 12

War Sweeps Away Most of 4 Prejudice of Centuries; Gains Are Slow.

By DAVID M. NICHOL

MOSCOW, March 26.—The war has added its terrible urgency to the emancipation of Soviet women and has swept away in 20 months * almost all that remained of centuries of prejudice and confinement. x, . The progress,

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- Bach day’s reports now contain ir |

some new account of feminine achievement. Here, are several ex=-

a i = CL Goi : Si SE 4 v fd y, > : po N : PE » : achisver k | yled! Budget Priced! Outstanding Yolyes| In £ f Wok : ged c R Y es ge or . ® YX - The most decorated woman in the

Soviet union, currently, is believed " to be Yelena Kovalchuk, Red army nurse and daughter of a blacksmith, .

@ eal a \ roth : ; : 4 NY : gn MM A v ish . 0 i 5 ; a \ i : ain who is credited with saving the a i i RANE (00 LACK © into DY Y d lives of 800 men wounded in battle, i 5 a a wi S as ris iv She, herself, wounded three times 84 | FF 5 i: & WE : N acetate Jacks an SHE since the war's beginning, once #2: NE = X EN) =, grad! WM ERG ! escaped capture when she feigned -s 3 3 x sult® 8 oe A vy $

death near an injured commander £3 I caught behind the German lines “ia

: 3 0 z ’ i : - . + . AY oN iB . B| whom she subsequently rescued. She i ph : a ATR ~ : E WW R : 0 SY ’ has won the order’ of Lenin, twosf os For Women o 2) oo Gi ™ W PEC orders of the Red Banner and the £2 : ih : v 5 : order of the Patriotic War. In all, 4 : EXE : 4475 women, including 273 guerrillas © Ar " i : A BR ERE 3 ; : goto have been decorated for mili 7 ink For Misses : : 0% ig { des) gariC od service, ary 3 She { a: . th 7 : 5 . : ; a thE : ; A i Twenty-two-year-old Mzirova is *™ ee For Juniors Easter Sale ok g i | 3 aPTo0 one of the 3833 women decorated “=

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